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What is Amazon EC2?
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) offers the broadest and deepest compute platform, with over 500 instances and choice of the latest processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model to help you best match the needs of your workload. We are the first major cloud provider that supports Intel, AMD, and Arm processors, the only cloud with on-demand EC2 Mac instances, and the only cloud with 400 Gbps Ethernet networking.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend
99 Plan to Renew
87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Amazon EC2?
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- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Sanket M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2023
- One of the best service for machine instance
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
- Ease of creating the instance - Customisation options available while creating the instance - Integration with other Amazon services
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
- How fast you can create the instance - Free instance have good config
What do you dislike most about this product?
- Cost for higher config instances
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Please go for it. Its the best Instance creation service compared to other cloud service providers
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Unique Features
- Inspires Innovation
- Security Protects
Anish M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2024
Amazon EC2 Scalable and Flexible
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
EC2 distinguishes itself though unparalleled scalability, it provides a vast array of instances and features and provides low latency. Using SSH clients like putty to connect to the instance. I am able to utilize the CloudWatch and monitor CPY utilization, memory and other metrics. We also set up alarms to receive notifications if a certain threshold is breached. RI's help in saving costs by committing to long term usage. The Cost as per usage helps in a extremely efficient way.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
As a developer utilizing Amazon EC2 for various aspects of web app storage and deployment. EC2 instances host a number of web applications in our organization. It allows me to choose the best fit utilizing the Elastic Block Store for storage. The EC2 integration with other services like RDS, S3 and Cloud Watch enhances the manageability of our infrastructure,
What do you dislike most about this product?
The Pricing can be complex and opaque. It is essential to have someone monitor the cost.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Understand the pricing model to optimize the cloud expenditure effectively.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2023
Robust Scalability in the Cloud
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Inspires Innovation
- Respectful
- Transparent
